# कर्पूर
## Hindi
### Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit कर्पूर (karpū́ra).

### Pronunciation

* (Delhi) IPA: /kəɾ.puːɾ/, [kɐɾ.puːɾ]

### Noun

कर्पूर • (karpūr) m (Urdu spelling کَرْپُور)
* Synonym of कपूर (kapūr, “camphor”)

#### Declension
### Further reading

* Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975) “कर्पूर”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. Sea of Hindi words] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha
* McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “कर्पूर”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
* Platts, John T. (1884) “कर्पूर”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
* “कर्पूर”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.

## Sanskrit
### Alternative scripts

* কৰ্পূৰ (Assamese script)
* ᬓᬃᬧᬹᬭ (Balinese script)
* কর্পূর (Bengali script)
* 𑰎𑰨𑰿𑰢𑰳𑰨 (Bhaiksuki script)
* 𑀓𑀭𑁆𑀧𑀽𑀭 (Brahmi script)
* ကရ်္ပူရ (Burmese script)
* કર્પૂર (Gujarati script)
* ਕਰ੍ਪੂਰ (Gurmukhi script)
* 𑌕𑌰𑍍𑌪𑍂𑌰 (Grantha script)
* ꦏꦂꦥꦹꦫ (Javanese script)
* 𑂍𑂩𑂹𑂣𑂴𑂩 (Kaithi script)
* ಕರ್ಪೂರ (Kannada script)
* កប៌ូរ (Khmer script)
* ກຣ຺ປູຣ (Lao script)
* കര്പൂര (Malayalam script)
* ᡬᠠᡵᢒᡠᡠᡵᠠ (Manchu script)
* 𑘎𑘨𑘿𑘢𑘴𑘨 (Modi script)
* ᢉᠠᠷᢒᠤᠤᠷᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
* 𑦮𑧈𑧠𑧂𑧕𑧈 (Nandinagari script)
* 𑐎𑐬𑑂𑐥𑐹𑐬 (Newa script)
* କର୍ପୂର (Odia script)
* ꢒꢬ꣄ꢦꢹꢬ (Saurashtra script)
* 𑆑𑆫𑇀𑆥𑆷𑆫 (Sharada script)
* 𑖎𑖨𑖿𑖢𑖳𑖨 (Siddham script)
* කර්‍පූර (Sinhalese script)
* 𑩜𑩼 𑪙𑩰𑩒𑩛𑩼 (Soyombo script)
* 𑚊𑚤𑚶𑚞𑚱𑚤 (Takri script)
* கர்பூர (Tamil script)
* కర్పూర (Telugu script)
* กรฺปูร (Thai script)
* ཀ་རྤཱུ་ར (Tibetan script)
* 𑒏𑒩𑓂𑒣𑒴𑒩 (Tirhuta script)
* 𑨋𑨫𑩇𑨞𑨃𑨊𑨫 (Zanabazar Square script)

### Etymology

Probably of Austroasiatic origin. Alternatively a borrowing from Proto-Malayic *kapur, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qapuʀ, from Proto-Austronesian *qapuʀ (“lime, calcium”).

### Pronunciation

* (Vedic) IPA: /kɐɾ.púː.ɾɐ/
* (Classical Sanskrit) IPA: /kɐɾˈpuː.ɾɐ/

### Noun

कर्पूर • (karpū́ra) stem, m or n
* camphor

#### Descendants

* Pali: kappura
* Prakrit: 𑀓𑀧𑁆𑀧𑀽𑀭 (kappūra)
    Helu Prakrit:
** Sinhalese: කපුරු (kapuru)
    Magadhi Prakrit:
** Odia: କପୂର (kapura)
** Maithili:
    Devanagari script: कपूर (kapūr)
    Tirhuta script: 𑒏𑒣𑒴𑒩 (kapūra)
    Maharastri Prakrit:
** Konkani: kāpūr
    Devanagari script: कापूर
    Kannada script: ಕಾಪೂರ್
    Latin script: kapur
** Old Marathi: kāpura
    Devanagari script: कापुर
    Modi script: 𑘎𑘰𑘢𑘳𑘨
*** Marathi: कापूर (kāpūr)
    Paisaci Prakrit:
** Takka Apabhramsa:
*** Old Punjabi: ਕਪੂਰੁ (kapūru)
**** Punjabi: kapūr
    Gurmukhi script: ਕਪੂਰ
    Shahmukhi script: کَپُور
** Vracada Apabhramsa:
*** Sindhi:
    Arabic script: ڪَپوُرُ
    Devanagari script: कपूरु
    Sauraseni Prakrit:
** Gurjara Apabhramsa:
*** Old Gujarati: कपूरि (kapūri, instrumental singular)
    Gujarati: કપૂર (kapūr)
    Marwari: कपूर (kapūr)
** Sauraseni Apabhramsa:
*** Old Hindi: कपूर (kapūra)
**** Hindustani: kapūr
    Hindi: कपूर
    Urdu: کَپُور (kapūr)
***** ⇒ Hindustani: kapūrī
    Hindi: कपूरी
    Urdu: کَپُورِی (kapūrī)
* Assamese: কৰ্পূৰ (korpur)
* Bengali: কর্পূর (korpur)
* Burmese: ပရုတ် (pa.rut)
** → Shan: ပရုၵ်ႈ (pǎ rūk)
** → Shan: ၽရူၵ်ႈ (phǎ rūuk)
** → Jingpho: payuk
* Old Gujarati: कर्पूरि (karpūri, instrumental singular)
** Gujarati: કર્પૂર (karpūr)
* Hindustani: karpūr
    Hindi: कर्पूर
    Urdu: کَرْپُور (karpūr)
* Kannada: ಕರ್ಪೂರ (karpūra)
* Khmer: កប៌ូរ (kaabou)
* Maithili:
    Devanagari script: कर्पूर (karpūr)
    Tirhuta script: 𑒏𑒩𑓂𑒣𑒴𑒩 (karpūra)
* Malayalam: കർപ്പൂരം (kaṟppūraṁ)
* Manipuri: ꯀꯔꯄꯨꯔ (karapoora)
* Old Marathi: karpura
    Devanagari script: कर्पुर
    Modi script: 𑘎𑘨𑘿𑘢𑘳𑘨
** Marathi: कर्पूर (karpūr)
* Odia: କର୍ପୂର (karpura)
* Sinhalese: කර්‍පූර (karpūra)
* Tamil: கற்பூரம் (kaṟpūram)
* Telugu: కర్పూరము (karpūramu)
* Thai: การบูร (gaa-rá-buun)

### References

* ↑ Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “karpūˊra”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press

### Further reading

* Monier Williams (1899) “कर्पूर”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 258.
* Hellwig, Oliver (2010-2025) “karpūra”, in DCS - The Digital Corpus of Sanskrit, Berlin, Germany.
* Apte, Vaman Shivram (1890) “कर्पूर”, in The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary, Poona: Prasad Prakashan
* Arthur Anthony Macdonell (1893) “कर्पूर”, in A practical Sanskrit dictionary with transliteration, accentuation, and etymological analysis throughout, London: Oxford University Press